Ruler · 235 – 161 BCE

Ellalan

Lived 235 – 161 BCE; monarch. King of Anuradhapura of Anuradhapura kingdom, 205 BCE – 161 BCE; also in the line of Chola dynasty. The atlas files them under Chola dynasty.

Wikidata's English label: Elara.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 235 BCE – 161 BCE; 74 years
In office: 44 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

King of Anuradhapura

Anuradhapura kingdom · the 9th of 112 dated reigns · 437 BCE – 1017

5 before

Suratissa of Anuradhapura247 BCE – 237 BCE

Sena and Guttika237 BCE – 215 BCE

Asela of Anuradhapura215 BCE – 205 BCE

Ellalan205 BCE – 161 BCE

Dutugamunu the Great161 BCE – 137 BCE

Saddha Tissa of Anuradhapura137 BCE – 119 BCE

Thulatthana of Anuradhapura119 BCE

100 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 205 BCE – 161 BCE · 44 years · came to it aged 30

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 161 BCE, the year they died

Also in the line of Chola dynasty.

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Wikidata Q540008 (CC0) · the reigns from Wikidata's P39 terms, the rulers' own articles read by grammar (sentences quoted above, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Kokkonen & Sundell where they code the line · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.